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The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl’s Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá’í Revelation

	Author:	Nabil
	Source:	US Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1932 edition
	Pages:	676

[Frontispiece]
TABLE OF PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF THE NARRATIVE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FACSIMILE OF THE BÁB’S AUTOGRAPH
TABLETS ADDRESSED TO THE LETTERS OF THE LIVING AND TO BAHÁ’U’LLÁH
INTRODUCTION

PERSIA’S STATE OF DECADENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

A. THE QÁJÁR SOVEREIGNS
B. THE GOVERNMENT
C. THE PEOPLE
D. THE ECCLESIASTICAL ORDER
CONCLUSION
BAHÁ’U’LLÁH’S TRIBUTE TO THE BÁB AND HIS CHIEF DISCIPLES
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF SHÍ’AH ISLÁM
GENEALOGY OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
THEORY AND ADMINISTRATION OF LAW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
KEY TO THE GENEALOGY OF THE BÁB
THE QÁJÁR DYNASTY
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
[Introductory Note]

THE DAWN-BREAKERS

CHAPTER I: THE MISSION OF SHAYKH AHMAD-I-AHSÁ’Í
CHAPTER II: THE MISSION OF SIYYID KÁZIM-I-RASHTÍ
CHAPTER III: THE DECLARATION OF THE BÁB’S MISSION
CHAPTER IV: MULLA HUSAYN’S JOURNEY TO TIHRÁN
CHAPTER V: BAHÁ’U’LLÁH’S JOURNEY TO MÁZINDARÁN
CHAPTER VI: MULLA HUSAYN’S JOURNEY TO KHURÁSÁN
CHAPTER VII: THE BÁB’S PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA AND MEDINA
CHAPTER VIII: THE BÁB’S STAY IN SHÍRÁZ AFTER THE PILGRIMAGE
CHAPTER IX: THE BÁB’S STAY IN SHÍRÁZ AFTER THE PILGRIMAGE (Continued)
CHAPTER X: THE BÁB’S SOJOURN IN ISFÁHÁN
CHAPTER XI: THE BÁB’S STAY IN KÁSHÁN
CHAPTER XII: THE BÁB’S JOURNEY FROM KÁSHÁN TO TABRIZ
CHAPTER XIII: THE BÁB’S INCARCERATION IN THE CASTLE OF MÁH-KÚ
CHAPTER XIV: MULLA HUSAYN’S JOURNEY TO MÁZINDARÁN
CHAPTER XV: TÁHIRIH’S JOURNEY FROM KARBILÁ TO KHURÁSÁN
CHAPTER XVI: THE CONFERENCE OF BADASHT
CHAPTER XVII: THE BÁB’S INCARCERATION IN THE CASTLE OF CHIHRÍQ
CHAPTER XVIII: EXAMINATION OF THE BÁB AT TABRIZ
CHAPTER XIX: THE MÁZINDARÁN UPHEAVAL
CHAPTER XX: THE MÁZINDARÁN UPHEAVAL (Continued)
CHAPTER XXI: THE SEVEN MARTYRS OF TIHRÁN
CHAPTER XXII: THE NAYRÍZ UPHEAVAL
CHAPTER XXIII: MARTYRDOM OF THE BÁB
CHAPTER XXIV: THE ZANJÁN UPHEAVAL
CHAPTER XXV: BAHÁ’U’LLÁH’S JOURNEY TO KARBILÁ
CHAPTER XXVI: ATTEMPT ON THE SHÁH’S LIFE, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
EPILOGUE
APPENDIX: LIST OF THE BÁB’S BEST-KNOWN WORKS
WORKS CONSULTED BY THE TRANSLATOR
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS OF PERSIA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
LARGER PROVINCES OR DISTRICTS
BRITISH AND RUSSIAN ENVOYS TO THE COURT OF PERSIA, 1814–1855
LIST OF MONTHS OF THE MUHAMMADAN CALENDAR
APPENDIX: GUIDE TO THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE PROPER NAMES TRANSLITERATED IN THE NARRATIVE
GLOSSARY